Catalogue cleanup

Here is a list of regions where we suspect there is erroneous data in the star catalogues.

Region Bounds (RA/Dec - J2000)

Possible causes

Appears in catalogue #'s

Status (see note 1)

16h33m20.2s / 26°26'55"

Antares spikes on original survey images?

7

Identified

5h13m54.5s / -7°50'16.9"

Suspected artifacts near Rigel

7

Identified

HP104297

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP104139

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP103976

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP103920

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP103825

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP103976

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

HP105515

Spikes scanned as red stars

?

Identified

21h32m17.8s / +48°28'10.3"

This mag9.85 star does not exist

?

Identified

please add!

Notes

1: Status values

Please use these statuses:

Identified - a rough description of the problem has been done - i.e. the RA/Dec added to the table above.

In Progress - someone is currently trying to list all the stars which are affected.

Detailed - all bad stars have been logged.

Fixed - the catalogue files have been fixed in the development repo.

Released - the fix should have been released and available for download.

RA/Dec 4h 14m 9.6s/-7deg39' 45.1s (close to HIP 19849).
A straight line of about 20 stars around mag 13 to 15 plus other "unnatural" lines of stars in same region seen when fov ~0.5 deg or less. The 5 additional catalogues have been downloaded.
Identified